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City of Lake Oswego to hold public hearing tonight on Wizer block development proposal

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A conceptual design of a walkway running north to south between First and Second streets straight through the Wizer block in downtown Lake Oswego. Spaces for stores and restaurants line the sides of the path beneath more than 200 residential units.
(ZGF Architects)

Lake Oswego's Development Review Commission will
hold a hearing tonight to gather public input about a proposal to build a
high-end housing and retail center in downtown.

W&K Development, a Portland-based firm, plans
to construct three buildings at the corner of A Avenue and First Street – known
as the Wizer block – with more than 200 residential units above space for
stores and restaurants. The firm created Evergreen Group LLC, another
development company, to handle the $92.6 million project to redevelop the
former home of Wizer's Oswego Foods.

Each new building would be four-to-five stories
tall. Some residents contend the height would overpower the shorter buildings
on the surrounding blocks and that the buildings wouldn't fit in with the
village-like design of downtown.

The hearing will be held at 6 p.m. in the council
chambers at City Hall. Doors open at 5 p.m., and city officials expect a big turnout.

I will provide
live coverage throughout the night. Those who can't attend can stream the hearing
live on the city's website or watch it on TVCTV Channel 28.